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There are two main types of schools in Sri Lanka, governmental and non-governmental schools; most of these schools provide primary and secondary education.

Governmental schools are categorized into two main types: national schools and provincial schools. The former are controlled by the Ministry of Education of the central government follow the local curricula languages of Sinhala, Tamil and in a few schools English, and the latter are controlled by provincial councils.

Non-governmental schools are also categorized into two types: private schools and international schools. Private schools are not directly controlled by the government but follow regulations and the local curricula set up by the Ministry of Education in the languages of Sinhala, Tamil and English.

International schools are schools which have English as the primary language of instruction and mostly follow a foreign curriculum, with a very few non-international schools opting to have both local and foreign curricula. A unique feature is that, unlike the private schools governed by regulations of the Ministry of Education, international and other non-international schools are listed under the Board of Investment (BOI) and not under the ministry of education.

Colleges in Sri Lanka are not tertiary level educational institutes, but primary and secondary level schools. All of the elite colleges were established in the colonial era while others have been established in later years.